Hi Freeman! And all other MoPo'ers Glad to hear you still don't believe I'm the anti-Christ! I'm actualy just your friendly neighborhood rare horror movie poster dealer. And don't feel alone when you say that the whole genre escapes you, there are many collectors out there who simply just "don't get it" when it comes to rare horror posters and the prices they command. But each to his own. (You will of course recall a certain King Kong standee I helped you with.
I have to admit that while you thought the price Johnny paid was high for the Raven half sheet, I actually thought the price he paid for your post-war almost duo-tone foreign poster for the Wolf Man was high! That's all kind of amusing in retrospect. And while the prices that Heritage received for some of their horror posters were indeed world-record prices for those titles, I (and others) have already discussed this and felt some of the prices were lower than expected- such as the Frankenstein title card that hammered at a mere (!!) $28,000.00. A bargain? To horror guys- YES! To collectors of musicals... someone got reamed! Hey, that's the hobby and that's the biz. The Universal horror material is in a league of it's own and can almost be excluded from the rest of the hobby. My congratulations to Grey, as usual, for putting on a marvelous auction where it appears that this hobby has no limits and continues to grow with new collectors coming into the market. Ron Moore Cinema Icons --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Heritage so far has grabbed some almost obscenely > high returns on their high > end horror pieces. This should put to rest those > that wondered if high end > horror was becoming too incestuous. With the death > of two of the most well > know collectors of the genre, it seems there still > remains a healthy > audience whether actual collectors or investors who > still blindly pony up the big > bucks as if Munster Money. Then of course in > between auctions these same > guys have no problem beating up independent dealers > over $700 lobby cards of > equal scarcity. > > Just a backslap of an observation you know I like to > joke Anyway, I have to > confess the entire genre is a language that > escapes me. For instance THE > RAVEN halfsheet. I had a truly eye-opening > experience with Ron Moore who had > acquired the halfsheet and from myself a truly > beautiful Italian 4 foglio > for THE WOLFMAN for Johnny Ramone, literally days > before his passing. > Meeting him at his hotel before he was leaving to > meet with Ramone, to deliver > again in my estimation a stunning Italian 4 foglio > at a reasonable price. We > talked a bit and then he said would I like to see > what else is being > delivered. Sure! So Ron proudly removes the > halfsheet from its sleeve and shows > me with his usual flourish. > > Now honest to God I looked at and mentally thought > it was on par in appeal > and value with House On Haunted Hill maybe a bit > more given the age. But hell > my 4 foglio ran circles around this rather banal > halfsheet. Then he told me > the price... Up to that point, Ron seemed to me > a helluva a nice guy but I > was so thoroughly convinced he was taking advantage > of a very ill > client.........this halfsheet in my mind so > completely unremarkable that I thought Ron > was engaging in a horrific bedside gouging and I > began to feel queasy and > really creepy......it took forever to get back to > WEHO from Burbank. I then > immediately called my Horror mentor Ron Magid who > went all a dither that I > got to see such a rare Horror Holy Grail. > Ohhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhh! > okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Yeesh!! > > .......But to hell with my ignorance I was so > relieved that Ron Moore > wasn't the Anti-christ. If you read the forward in > the Hertiage Johnny Ramone > Collection you will read a glorious first person > account of just how much > that halfsheet meant to Johnny Ramone. and the > ulitmate disposition of the > Wolfman 4 foglio. > > Well anyway another halfsheet of the Raven sold for > 51,000.00 Its mostly > the image of a book........these people are fucking > nuts........ > > > > freeman fisher > 8601 west knoll drive #7 > west hollywood, ca > 90069 > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
